Don’t claim,‘ We have enough wisdom to answer Job.’ Let God, not a mere man, prove that he’s wrong.

你们切不可说：我们寻得智慧；神能胜他，人却不能。

你们切不可说：‘我们寻得智慧；上帝能胜他，人却不能。’

你们切不可说：‘我们寻得智慧；神能胜他，人却不能。’

你们不要说，‘我们找到了智慧，使他折服的是上帝而非人。’

你们不要说：‘我们寻得了智慧；能胜过他的，是神，不是人。’

你們切不可說：我們尋得智慧；神能勝他，人卻不能。

你們切不可說：『我們尋得智慧；上帝能勝他，人卻不能。』

你們切不可說：『我們尋得智慧；神能勝他，人卻不能。』

你們不要說，『我們找到了智慧，使他折服的是上帝而非人。』

你們不要說：‘我們尋得了智慧；能勝過他的，是神，不是人。’

你們切不可說：「我們尋得了智慧了」；不，是上帝能使他敗北的，並不是人。

勿謂我儕得見智慧、惟上帝能折之、人則不能、

是理有未明故也、能斥之者惟上帝、人則不能。

恐爾言、我儕雖得智慧、亦徒然也、能駁駁或作斥之者惟天主、人則不能、

Do not say,‘ We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’

Beware lest you say,‘ We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a man.’

And don’t tell me,‘ He is too wise for us. Only God can convince him.’

So do not claim,“ We have found wisdom; let God deal with him, not man.”

So do not say,‘ We have found wisdom: God will defeat him, not man.’

Lest you say,‘ We have found wisdom’; God will vanquish him, not man.

Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

So do not claim,“ We have found wisdom; let God deal with him, not man.”

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

So do not say,‘ We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!’

Beware lest you say,‘ We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’

The Lord says,“ Do not let wise people brag about how wise they are. Do not let strong people boast about how strong they are. Do not let rich people brag about how rich they are.

“ Have pity on me, my friends! Please have pity! God has struck me down with his powerful hand.

Don’t fool yourselves. Suppose some of you think you are wise by the standards of the world. Then you should become“ fools” so that you can become wise.

How terrible it will be for those who think they are wise! How terrible for those who think they are really clever!

I’ve said I will not accept anything that belongs to you. I will not take even a thread or the strap of a sandal. You will never be able to say,‘ I made Abram rich.’

Do you listen in when God speaks with his angels? Do you think you are the only wise person?What do you know that we don’t know? What understanding do you have that we don’t have?People who are old and gray are on our side. And they are even older than your parents!

The Lord said to Gideon,“ I want to hand Midian over to you. But you have too many men for me to do that. Then Israel might brag,‘ My own strength has saved me.’

It is written,“ I will destroy the wisdom of those who are wise. I will do away with the cleverness of those who think they are so smart.”( Isaiah 29:14)Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where are the great thinkers of our time? Hasn’t God made the wisdom of the world foolish?God wisely planned that the world would not know him through its own wisdom. It pleased God to use the foolish things we preach to save those who believe.

Are you wiser than Daniel? Isn’t even one secret hidden from you?

The Mighty One has shot me with his arrows. I have to drink their poison. God’s terrors are aimed at me.

Jesus answered,“ You were given power from heaven. If you weren’t, you would have no power over me. So the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

“ I will save the houses in Judah first. The honor of David’s family line is great. So is the honor of those who live in Jerusalem. But their honor will not be greater than the honor of the rest of Judah.

Then I want you to know that God hasn’t treated me right. In fact, he has captured me in his net.

Job replied,“ You are talking like a foolish woman. We accept good things from God. So we should also accept trouble when he sends it.” In spite of everything, Job didn’t say anything that was sinful.

He said,“ I was born naked. And I’ll leave here naked. The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away. May the name of the Lord be praised.”

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.God chose the things of this world that are common and looked down on. God chose things considered unimportant to do away with things considered important.So no one can boast to God.

These things are taking place right now. They did not happen long ago. You have not heard of them before today. So you can’t say,‘ Oh, yes. I already knew about them.’

“ You people think you are the only ones who matter! You are sure that wisdom will die with you!

The breath of God destroys them. The blast of his anger wipes them out.

So I told you those things long ago. Before they happened I announced them to you. I did it so you would not be able to say,‘ My statues of gods did them. My wooden and metal gods made them happen.’